Snow

Last Saturday we decided to take a trip to the mountains, partly to get some fresh air after being in doors so much over the holidays, partly to walk off some of the food we ate, but mostly to have some fun in the snow. Jamie was a bit disappointed when we didn't get any snow in England so we drove an hour and a half to Idyllwild, which is in the San Jacinto Mountains. It's about 5,300 ft to 6,500 ft and although it wasn't completely blanketed with snow, there was plenty around to make a beautiful scene.We got there early and did a short hike, about 5 miles up the mountain. There wasn't another person in sight the whole way up and down. It was peaceful and beautiful. The only problem with no one being around is that we couldn't get a picture together.
While hiking we saw this warning, something I'm used to, but something that Jamie gets a kick out of. It always puts me on edge, although sighting are extremely rare they happen, but there is nothing even remotely comparable in England.

Once we reached the top of our trail we stopped at this rock and had some of our rations, mostly chocolate for Jamie and shortbread for me. It's a bit harder to hike in the snow than we thought, it was icy at times with some parts about a ft deep, which is why we only did 5 miles, any farther and we would have needed more gear.

Lastly, we stopped at a Lake partially frozen over. It was an amazing scene, it was so still and the reflection in the water was breathtaking.

It was a cold day, it was extremely foggy driving up the mountain and on the way home we got some rain. I know what your thinking, Ang in the snow? Well, I dressed warmly and was able to somewhat acclimate after an hour. At least we had a warm car to climb into and a warm home, with a heater that is working wonderfully, thanks Dad. I can last a day or a weekend but living there is another story...